UK general elections › 2024 › Rutherglen
Rutherglen — 2024
Michael Shanks (Labour Party) was elected with 21,460 votes— 50.5% of 42,484 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 50.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +0.5 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 42,484
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ valid votes in this constituency. Matches the share the returning officer publishes. | Below quota Elected candidate's share of valid votes minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Shanks | Labour Party | 21,460 | +0.5 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Katy Loudon | Scottish National Party | 12,693 | — | ||
| 3 | David Stark | Reform UK | 2,685 | — | ||
| 4 | Gary Burns | Conservative Party | 2,420 | — | ||
| 5 | Gloria Adebo | Liberal Democrats | 1,714 | — | ||
| 6 | Bill Bonnar | Scottish Socialist Party | 541 | — | ||
| 7 | Jim Eadie | Alba Party | 497 | — | ||
| 8 | John McArthur | Scottish Family Party | 321 | — | ||
| 9 | Andrew Daly | Independent | 153 | — |
Source data: House of Commons Library general election results 2024, retrieved
2026-05-18, generated
2026-05-19
(Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.